Street Art

'Streets are Never a Blank Canvas'

This essay from Pop Matters explores the connection between street art and urbanism.

April 12, 2011 - Pop Matters

Street Art Inspired by the Cityscape

Urban Omnibus talks with Swoon, a Brooklyn-based street artist whose work is intended to engage constructed environments.

September 9, 2010 - Urban Omnibus

What Motivates Street Art?

Are street artists inspired by the desire to improve their environment, or to comment on the banality of it?

May 11, 2010 - This Big City

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

Senior Planner

City of Thousand Oaks

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City of Wisconsin Rapids

Professor of Urban Planning

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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